Last week I reported that data from PHS showed that 87% of the deaths added in the most recent week were in the vaccinated, giving a VE of just 46%. This week's data is very different, but it is a reporting artefact.
The number of 'pings' sent out by the NHS Covid app in a week has finally fallen but remains very high, with almost 400,000 people in England and Wales alone having been told to isolate by the app in just seven days.
MailOnline has a harrowing story about a woman who discovered Mexico has been placed on the red list as she was flying to Mexico City yesterday. Unfortunately, the cheapest flight home before Sunday is £6,878.
The idea that proof of Covid vaccination is required to travel abroad "is a reality... in this new world", says Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, who believes this could be "a feature for evermore".
Fears over the Delta variant could push the U.S. Defence Secretary to recommend that the Covid vaccine should be mandated for all 1.3 million active-duty troops. The final decision would lie with President Joe Biden.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about Covid and other areas of warranted scepticism in the past 24 hours – not just in Britain, but around the world.
The report from round 13 of Imperial's REACT study is out, and it has some disappointing results on vaccine effectiveness and hospitalisations among the under 64s.
